Senior Legal Counsel Privacy and Cybersecurity

What you ll do Advise local teams of the Careem Rides business in the MEA region on privacy consumer protection marketing and ecommerce issues Be part of the broader Careem Rides and Uber privacy legal team to help optimize the synergies for the business Follow up on data requests by data subjects law enforcement agencies and third parties Provide privacy and marketing law trainings and respond to spam and advertising complaints and interact with regulators as needed Advise on data protection and privacy aspects of contracts business development agreements and acquisitions Advise on data protection and privacy issues during development of new products and initiatives Do research on new legislation advise on impact for the business and work with policy teams to minimize impact What you ll need 8 years data protection experience preferably at a mid to large size law firm and or inhouse at a techcompany Substantive knowledge and demonstrated expertise in MEA data protection and privacy laws including Morocco Pakistan UAE Kuwait Iraq KSA Bahrain Jordan Egypt and more Knowledge about GDPR and other legal areas such as ML and AI a plus Experience in dealing with data protection investigations and litigation Expertise or familiarity with ads and marketing privacy legal frameworks Excellent business judgment communication and interpersonal skills Enthusiasm for taking on new responsibilities even if outside areas of expertise Able to work in extremely fastpaced environment under direction of manager collaboratively and autonomously Written and spoken fluency in English required spoken fluency or basic knowledge of Arabic or other languages is a plus You will be redirected to the company website to apply for this position